Five players have signed up to Blind Bandits 3. Pairings round 1:
1. BlindMaras 1-0 BlindOsaridSaris [35 35]
2. jonesBlind 1-0 Blindnham [45 45]
3. blindpchesso 1-0 BYE
Interested FICSers (B) may become my opponent in round 1 or late-join to round 2 (in which case I'll get a BYE for round 1).
I wish all participants great games. Once more: If you and your opponent do not like 35 35, feel free to arrange any other time control. Instead of one standard game, you may even conduct e. g. one 6-game blindfold 5 0 crazyhouse mini-match, if you can type the moves fast enough! Just report a result to me afterwards.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Monday, November 16, 2015
Participants
Signed up so far (Nov 16th):
jonesBlind, BlindOsaridSaris, BlindMaras, Blindnham, blindpchesso.
jonesBlind, BlindOsaridSaris, BlindMaras, Blindnham, blindpchesso.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Blind Bandits 3
After a five year hiatus, a new tournament for blindfold players on FICS is due: Blind Bandits 3. Since TM veteran drinkeh is now busy with work and GF, he gave me (pchesso) the keys to this blog, and I'll continue the trend.
Rd 1: Tue, Dec 01st 2015
Rd 2: Fri, Dec 11st 2015
Rd 3: Mon, Dec 21st 2015
Rd 4: Thu, Dec 31st 2015
Rd 5 (if enough players): Sun, Jan 10th 2016
You have eight days to schedule and play. Afterwards report the result: Find your game on Watchbot or Gamebot and message me the link on FICS or leave a comment here on the blog, below the respective round post. The remaining two days of every round are meant as a buffer for me, in case I need to confirm results with you etc.
I hope we can do without BYEs, but if you need to skip a round, send me a message two days before posting of pairings of that round.
The first two Blind Bandit editions used to be great fun, so I trust all participants are eager to play and will succeed in getting games going. If despite best will the two of you cannot find a time to play, let me know, and I'll set the result as a draw. If the game did not get scheduled or played and you feel you are to blame (e. g. your opponent has put significantly more effort into negotiations, or you did not show up to the game), please honestly let me know that, too, so I can set the win for your opponent.
Scrolling up through the list of moves is not allowed on FICS. Only the last two moves are printed to your console and may be seen by you. I am bringing this to your attention, because the rationale is not clear from "help blind". The reason is not just simple server economy (printing two lines of moves instead of forty). A year ago, I asked abuse(*), and was told: FICS considers scrolling up through the moves as abusively taking notes ("help abuse", #9).
"set kibitz 0"
"set notakeback 1"
"set private 0"
"set rated 1"
The FICS blindfold channel is 62, but you better "+ch 101" and announce your games in 101: Teamleagers and Snailbucketeers are great observers, routinely.You may also announce the game here on this blog, of course, leaving a comment on the given round post.
I wish you interesting games!
Signing up
Send me an FICS message from your blindfold account (B) before Nov 27th 2015 (if the software can handle it, signing up later and late-joining will be fine as well). Log on to your blindfold account as soon as possible to confirm you can access it. If FICS has locked your blindfold account due to long inactivity on your part, you may try contacting Blind(*)(B) to get it unlocked. I don't know FICS' policies and cannot assist you. If Blind does not accept your request in such short time, you cannot participate in BB3 - but perhaps in BB4... So do give it a try.Tourney Format
We may experiment in future editions, but for now I guess it's good to stick with the Swiss tourney format used by drinkeh in 2010. As in BB1 and BB2, the default time control is 35+35, but feel free to arrange a different time and/or increment per move with your opponent. Pairings will be posted on:Rd 1: Tue, Dec 01st 2015
Rd 2: Fri, Dec 11st 2015
Rd 3: Mon, Dec 21st 2015
Rd 4: Thu, Dec 31st 2015
Rd 5 (if enough players): Sun, Jan 10th 2016
You have eight days to schedule and play. Afterwards report the result: Find your game on Watchbot or Gamebot and message me the link on FICS or leave a comment here on the blog, below the respective round post. The remaining two days of every round are meant as a buffer for me, in case I need to confirm results with you etc.
I hope we can do without BYEs, but if you need to skip a round, send me a message two days before posting of pairings of that round.
Scheduling
After pairings have been posted here, negotiate a time with your opponent and show up at the agreed time to play. Use FICS messages for negotiations. I cannot monitor them, so there are no contact deadlines like in Teamleague or Snail Bucket. Please behave well, reply to your opponent promptly, "set mailmess 1" on your regular and blindfold accounts (so that all messages get forwarded to you per email). Make sure your email address is up to date. Use GMT or FICS server time or whatever else; if lost in timezones, type "date".The first two Blind Bandit editions used to be great fun, so I trust all participants are eager to play and will succeed in getting games going. If despite best will the two of you cannot find a time to play, let me know, and I'll set the result as a draw. If the game did not get scheduled or played and you feel you are to blame (e. g. your opponent has put significantly more effort into negotiations, or you did not show up to the game), please honestly let me know that, too, so I can set the win for your opponent.
Blindfold play
Staring at an empty chess board throughout the game to help you visualize the position is allowed on FICS.Scrolling up through the list of moves is not allowed on FICS. Only the last two moves are printed to your console and may be seen by you. I am bringing this to your attention, because the rationale is not clear from "help blind". The reason is not just simple server economy (printing two lines of moves instead of forty). A year ago, I asked abuse(*), and was told: FICS considers scrolling up through the moves as abusively taking notes ("help abuse", #9).
Variables
"set noescape 0""set kibitz 0"
"set notakeback 1"
"set private 0"
"set rated 1"
The FICS blindfold channel is 62, but you better "+ch 101" and announce your games in 101: Teamleagers and Snailbucketeers are great observers, routinely.You may also announce the game here on this blog, of course, leaving a comment on the given round post.
Interfaces
One bad thing I observed using Thief on Windows and years ago eboard on Linux on my blindpchesso account, is: Clocks don't move along like they do on my regular pchesso account - I don't get a count down warning when running out of time. Keep this in mind so you don't forfeit your game on time. If you know an interface that regularly handles clocks for (B) accounts, leave a comment here.I wish you interesting games!
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